पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 16, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra327.70°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.24°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.25°TulāSvātī P3

Sydney, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · AEST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:36 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:59 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:05 – 13:51
Yamaganda06:47 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla10:19 – 12:05
Varjyam05:36 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:01 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:47 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:33 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:19 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:05 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:51 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:37 – 17:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:23 – 19:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:09 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:23 – 21:37 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:37 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:51 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:05 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:19 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:33 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:47 – 05:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867843.27
Julian Day2456308.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.43°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0352°), declination -20.93°, EoT -9.69 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)